Lacy Crochet Shawl Pattern - Drifting Leaves Shawl

Last Updated on May 12, 2026

The Drifting Leaves Shawl is a lacy crochet shawl pattern featuring delicate leaf motifs and airy stitches. This lightweight crochet shawl combines simple crochet with beautiful lace details to create a graceful accessory that’s perfect for layering in any season.

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When I designed this crochet leaf shawl pattern, I wanted to create an eye-catching rectangle shawl with a super lacy edge, in a similar concept to my Floral Drift Shawl. Similar to the Floral Drift Shawl, I started with a basic shawl body of double crochet rows, and then added a crochet lace part.

The fun thing about this pattern is that you can adjust the width and height of each part as you want. Look for the stitch multiple in the pattern note and adjust the shawl as you’d like. Then you can work the double crochet body to the size you want, and repeat the Leaves lace part to the size you want.

To change the width of your shawl: chain a multiple of 32, then add 23 ch’s, and another 2 for turning ch’s.

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What Yarn Should You Use for Your Lacy Crochet Shawl Pattern

For my crochet shawl, I used Rosarios 4 – Caravela yarn, this is a 100% bamboo yarn, it has a beautiful shine and drape, and it’s very soft. And although I really wanted to love this yarn, unfortunately, it’s super splitty when crocheted with (I don’t think it will split as much when knitted with, though). I had a pretty hard time working with it, so I can’t recommend this yarn.

You can use any type of fiber you want, but since this is a lacy crochet shawl pattern, the stitch definition is crucial, so this shawl will benefit the most from natural fibers, such as cotton or bamboo. These fibers have lovely stitch definition and will show the leaf design beautifully after blocking.
Here are some good options for yarn for this shawl:
Knit Picks – Comfy Fingering
Knit Picks – Samia

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Drifting Leaves Shawl Pattern – Crochet Shawl with Leaves

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Skill level – Intermediate

Materials
– Crochet hook: 3 mm / D (I love the Tulip Etimo and Clover hooks).
– Fingering (#1) weight yarn
Total amount of yarn needed for the shawl: 350gr/ 1,225m / 1,340yds
For the shawl body: 200gr/ 700m / 766yds
For the Leaf lace section: 150gr / 525m / 574yds

Gauge (in Double Crochet) – 20 sts x 12 rows will result in a 4×4 in (10×10 cm) square.

Finished Size – 58x18 in (147×46 cm)

Abbreviations (US)

ch – chain
dc – double crochet
dc2tog – decrease double crochet 2 together
dc3tog – decrease double crochet 3 together
dc4tog – decrease double crochet 4 together
WV-Puff – wide V-Puff: [1 Puff-4, ch 3, 1 Puff-4] in indicated stitch/space.
Puff-4 – (yo, insert hook into indicated st, yo and pull up a loop) x 4 times working into same st, yo and pull through 8 loops, yo again and pull through 2 remaining loops.
STsc – stacked single crochet: work 1 single crochet in the first st, then work another single crochet into the left leg of the single crochet you just worked.
sp – space
RS – right side
WS – wrong side
yo – yarn over
[…] – crochet the instructions within brackets into the same indicated stitch/space.
(…) – crochet the instructions within brackets as many times as directed.
{…} – skip all the stitches within the curly brackets.
* – Repeats are shown via asterisks. Repeat begins at * and ends at ;

How to crochet the Stacked Single Crochet (STsc):

This stitch is an alternative to extended half double crochet, its intention in this pattern is to replace the ch3, or ch2 + dc at the beginning of the pattern and get a straighter edge.
At the beginning of the row, do not chain, keep your yarn behind your hook and work 1 single crochet in the first stitch, then work another single crochet into the left leg of the single crochet you just worked.

How to crochet the Puff-4 stitch

(yo, insert hook into next st, yo and pull up a loop) x 4 times working into same st, yo and pull through 8 loops, yo again and pull through 2 remaining loops.

this is a photo of how to crochet the puff st photo tutorial

How to crochet the Wide V-Puff (WV-Puff) stitch

Work 1 Puff-4 into the indicated st/sp, ch 3, work another Puff-4 into the same indicated st/sp.

Pattern Notes

Stitch Multiple: (multiple of 32) + 23 + 2 (turning ch’s) = chain a multiple of 32, then add 23 ch, and another 2 for turning ch’s.
For the shawl body section – STsc is an alternative to the 1^st double crochet, its intention in this pattern is to get a straighter edge. If you prefer, you can replace it with ch3, or ch2 + dc at the beginning of each row instead of STsc.
For the shawl lace section – Ch 1 and ch 2 at the beginning of the row don’t count as a stitch.
You can use different colors for the body and flower sections. See yarn quantity for each section in the materials above.

Drifting Leaves Shawl Crochet Pattern

Body Section

Ch 313 (or work 311 foundation dc sts, and skip row 1).

Row 1 (WS): 1 dc in 3^rd ch from the hook (ch2 doesn’t count as a st), 1 dc in each ch across, turn. (311 dc)

Row 2 (RS): STsc in 1^st dc, 1 dc in each dc across, turn. (311 dc)

Rows 3-30: Repeat row 2.

This section should be approx. 10 in (25.4 cm) high when finishing row 30. If you want this section to be bigger, you can repeat row 2 as much as you’d like.

Leaves Lace Section

Row 31 (RS): Ch 2 (doesn’t count as a st here and throughout), WV-Puff in 1^st dc, ch 3, sk next 3 dc, dc3tog in next 3 dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc.
(2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next 1 dc, (2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc3tog in next 3 dc, ch 3, sk next 3 dc.
* WV-Puff in next dc, ch 4, sk next 4 dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 4, sk next 4 dc, WV-Puff in next dc, ch 3, skip next 3 dc.
Dc3tog in next 3 dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, (2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next 1 dc,
(2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc3togc in next 3 dc, ch 3, sk next 3 dc; Repeat from * until 1 dc left, WV-Puff in last dc, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 89 dc, 20 dc3tog, 30 ch-2 sp, 20 ch-3 sp, 18 ch-4 sp)

Row 32 (WS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next
{Puff-4, ch-3, dc3tog, ch-2}, 1 dc in next 4 dc, ch 2, 1 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, 1 dc in next 4 dc, ch 3, sk next {ch-2, dc3tog, ch-3}.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next
{Puff-4, ch-4 (when working this row after row 41 you will sk ch-5)}, 3 dc in next dc, ch 4, sk next {ch-4 (when working this row after row 41 you will sk ch-5), Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3, dc3tog, ch-2}, 1 dc in next 4 dc, ch 2, 1 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, 1 dc in next 4 dc, ch 3, sk next {ch-2, dc3tog, ch-3}; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 117 dc, 20 ch-2 sp, 20 ch-3 sp, 18 ch-4 sp)

Row 33 (RS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, 3 dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-4}, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1,
1 dc in next dc, ch 1, 3 dc in next dc, ch 3, sk next {ch-4, Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp,
ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, 3 dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 93 dc, 20dc4tog, 38 ch-3 sp, 20 ch-2 sp, 18 ch-1 sp)

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Row 34 (WS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3, dc4tog, ch-2}, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 4, sk next {ch-2, dc4tog, ch-3}.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 3, sk next {ch-3, Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3, dc4tog, ch-2}, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 4, sk next {ch-2, dc4tog, ch-3}; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 157 dc, 18 ch-1 sp, 18 ch-3 sp, 20 ch-4 sp)

Row 35 (RS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next {Puff-4, ch-4}, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 4, sk next ch-4 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc2tog in next 2 dc,
1 dc in next dc, dc2tog in next 2 dc, ch 2, sk next ch-1 sp, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next ch-1 sp, dc2tog in next 2 dc, 1 dc in next dc, dc2tog in next 2dc, ch 3, sk next {ch-3, Puff-4}.
WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next {Puff-4, ch-4}, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 4, sk next ch-4 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn.
(20 WV-Puff, 63 dc, 10 dc4tog, 36 dc2tog, 18 ch-2 sp, 18 ch-3 sp, 20 ch-4 sp)

Row 36 (WS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sk next {Puff-4 ,ch-4}, 1 dc in next dc4tog, ch 5, sk next ch-4 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next dc, ch 3, skip next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc3tog in next 3 sts, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, (2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next 1 dc, (2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, dc3togc in next 3 sts, ch 3, sk next {ch-3, Puff-4}.
WV-Puff in next dc, ch 5, sk next {Puff-4, ch-4}, 1 dc in next dc4tog, ch 5, sk next ch-4 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 82 dc, 18 dc3tog, 27 ch-2 sp, 18 ch-3 sp, 20 ch-5 sp)

Row 37 (RS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next {Puff-4, ch-5}, 3 dc in next dc, ch 4, sk next ch-5 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3, dc3tog, ch-2}, 1 dc in next 4 dc, ch 2, 1 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, 1 dc in next 4 dc, ch 3, sk next {ch-2, dc3tog, ch-3, Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next {Puff-4, ch-5}, 3 dc in next dc, ch 4, sk next
ch-5 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn.
(20 WV-Puff, 111 dc, 18 ch-2 sp, 18 ch-3 sp, 20 ch-4 sp)

Row 38 (WS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-4}, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1, 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, 3 dc in next dc, ch 3, sk next ch-4 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, 3 dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 3, sk next {ch-3, Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-4}, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1, 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, 3 dc in next dc, ch 3, sk next ch-4 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn.
(20 WV-Puff, 97 dc, 18 dc4tog, 38 ch-3 sp, 18 ch-2 sp, 20 ch-1 sp)

Row 39 (RS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next
ch-1 sp, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3, dc4tog, ch-2}, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, ch 4, sk next {ch-2, dc4tog, ch-3, Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, 3 dc in next dc, ch 1, sk next ch-1 sp, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 166 dc, 20 ch-1 sp, 20 ch-3 sp, 18 ch-4 sp)

Row 40 (WS): Ch 2, sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc2tog in next 2 dc, 1 dc in next dc, dc2tog in next 2 dc, ch 2, sk next ch-1 sp, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next ch-1 sp, dc2tog in next 2 dc, 1 dc in next dc, dc2tog in next 2dc, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, sk next ch-4 sp, dc4tog in next 4 dc, ch 4, sk next {ch-4, Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc2tog in next 2 dc, 1 dc in next dc, dc2tog in next 2dc, ch 2, sk next ch-1 sp, 2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next ch-1 sp, dc2tog in next 2 dc, 1 dc in next dc, dc2tog in next 2dc, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 70 dc, 9 dc4tog, 40 dc2tog, 20 ch-2 sp, 20 ch-3 sp, 18 ch-4 sp)

Row 41 (RS): Ch 2 sk 1^st Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}, dc3tog in next 3 sts, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp.
(2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next 1 dc, (2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, dc3tog in next 3 sts, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp.
* Sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, sk next {Puff-4, ch-4}, 1 dc in next dc, ch 5, sk next {ch-4, Puff-4}, WV-Puff in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, sk next {Puff-4, ch-3}.
Dc3tog in next 3 sts, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, (2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next 1 dc,
(2 dc in next dc)x twice, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, dc3tog in next 3 sts, ch 3, sk next ch-3 sp; Repeat from * until 1 WV-Puff left, sk next Puff-4, WV-Puff in ch-3 sp, turn. (20 WV-Puff, 89 dc, 20 dc3tog, 30 ch-2 sp, 20 ch-3 sp, 18 ch-5 sp)

Rows 42-50: Repeat rows 32-40.
** If you want the lace part to be longer, continue to work row 41, then repeat rows 32-40 and continue to row 51.

Row 51 (RS): Ch 1, 1 sc in 1^st Puff-4, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next Puff-4, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next 3 sts, 1 sc in next ch-2 sp, 1 sc in next 5 sts, 1 sc in next ch-2 sp, 1 sc in next 3 sts, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next Puff-4, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next Puff-4.
* 4 sc in next ch-4 sp, 1 sc in next dc4tog, 4 sc in next ch-4 sp, 1 sc in next Puff-4, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next Puff-4, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next 3 sts, 1 sc in next ch-2 sp, 1 sc in next 5 sts, 1 sc in next ch-2 sp, 1 sc in next 3 sts, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next Puff-4, 3 sc in next ch-3 sp, 1 sc in next Puff-4; Repeat from * until the end of the row. (371 sc)

Weave in the ends, soak and block the shawl.

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